Euro-Japanese Archaeological Exchanges from the 19th Century to Today

This Ishibashi Foundation Lecture series bring senior scholars from Europe and Japan together to explore how scholarly and artistic inspirations of Japan and Europe influenced each other since the 19th century to the present day.

Watch the Ishibashi Foundation Lecture 2014

Part 1 – Lecture 1 What the Foreign Specialist William Gowland Saw in the Burial Mounds
Simon Kaner
Head, Centre for Archaeology and Heritage, Sainsbury Institute

Part 1 – Lecture 2Molecular Archaeology: Investigating Diet, Food and Cuisine from Stonehenge to the Jōmon?
Oliver Craig
BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York

About the Lecture Series

The Sainsbury Institute is delighted to present the Second Ishibashi Foundation Lecture Series in Tokyo this October, sponsored by the Ishibashi Foundation and co-organised by Tokyo National Museum. Senior scholars from Europe will share their research with the Japanese audience and illustrate the current status of Japanese archaeology and cultural heritage studies in Europe and also how Japanese art and antiquities are studied and displayed in European museums. Lectures will be given in English and simultaneously translated into Japanese. This Lecture Series aim to offer new perspectives in the studies of Japanese arts and cultures and contribute to the promotion of scholarly and artistic exchange between Europe and Japan.